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A lifelong “giver,” Ann Lurie and her late husband Bob co-founded the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Foundation, a private Chicago-based philanthropic organization, in 1986. Under Lurie’s watchful guidance, the organization has contributed more than $330 million to cancer research, healthcare organizations, food banks, and animal sheltersamong other endeavors.

“People need to remember that the dictionary definition of philanthropy is ‘affection for mankind.’ It doesn’t necessarily involve money.”